Lawrence Wickerham co-chairs the breast cancer research group NSABP (National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project) which is funded by the National Cancer Institute.
Glaxo's Stephenne hopes to sell huge quantities of malaria vaccine for a modest profit, while using its adjuvant components for more lucrative vaccines, such as one to prevent lung cancer recurrence.
"I have taken the adjuvant vaccine to tell them that even adjuvant vaccine is safe and I gave it to my daughter in public because we've been studying this for the last few months, " the health minister said.